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DAY 31 | PHOTOGRAPHY 101 |
SLR vs. Point and Shoot
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
The first major difference is that what you see is not what you get.
When viewing the scene you are about to photograph through the viewfinder of an SLR camera, the scene is viewed through the lens, and via a reflective mirror in the pentaprism, the view is available in the viewfinder precisely as it will be captured on the film/sensor.
When looking through the viewfinder of a point and shoot, since the view-finder is slightly above the lens, there is a slight offset in the final photograph. This is called the parallax effect. Parallax becomes even more noticeable the ...
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